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| date = 29 May 1975 |
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Revision as of 08:59, 4 February 2022
| Hin Heup massacre | |
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| Part of Laotian Civil War | |
| Location | Hin Heup bridge, Laos |
| Date | 29 May 1975 |
| Target | Hmong civilians |
Attack type | Massacre |
| Weapons | Mortars, M16s, and bayonets |
| Deaths | 14 |
| Injured | 100+ |
| Perpetrators | Pathet Lao |
The Hin Heup massacre was the massacre of 14 Hmong civilians at Hin Heup bridge by Pathet Lao troops
Massacre
On 29 May 1975, about 10,000 Hmong people, attempted to cross Hin Heup bridge traveling to Vientiane. As the group crossed the bridge Pathet Lao forces open fire on the column using mortars, M16s, and bayonets. Many people jumped into the river to flee the firing troops, by the end of the massacre 14 civilians were killed and over 100 wounded.[1] [2]
References
- ^ Vang, Thomas (2008). A History of the Hmong: From Ancient Times to the Modern Diaspora. p. 312. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
- ^ Hamilton-Merritt, Jane (1993). Tragic mountains: the Hmong, the Americans, and the secret wars for Laos, 1942-1992. Indiana State University. pp. 359–361. ISBN 978-0-253-20756-2. |access-date=1 February 2022
- Fadiman, Anne (1998). The spirit catches you and you fall down: a Hmong child, her American doctors, and the collision of two cultures. Macmillan. p. 157. ISBN 978-0-374-52564-4.
- Quincy, Keith (1988). Hmong: history of a people. Eastern Washington University Press. p. 193. ISBN 978-0-910055-07-9.
- Tapp, Nicholas (2004). "Hmong Diaspora". In Ember, Melvin; et al. (eds.). Encyclopedia of Diasporas: Immigrant and Refugee Cultures Around the World. Volume I. Springer. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-306-48321-9.
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